Anthony Knowing that there was an opportunity to capture the undisputed title where Tyson Fury had failed, Anthony Joshua faced off against former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
Joshua knocked out Ngannou in front of his competitor, who was seated at the ring.
The former UFC champion dropped Fury last year before Fury scored a lackluster victory on points, but Joshua did not make the same error. As a result, he is now in the leadoff position to face the victor of Fury’s undisputed matchup with Oleksandr Usyk. Turki Alalshikh, the new boxing ringmaster, has made no secret of his intention to hold Joshua vs. Fury in the desert.
Few would also wager on the all-British heavyweight match that takes place this year if Fury defeats Usyk, the other champion, on May 18 in Saudi Arabia. Joshua prevailed in three battles.
in nine months previous year while he healed from Usyk’s devastating back-to-back losses.
While Ngannou was on his way to the ring for just his second professional boxing match, he was competing for the fourth time in the Middle East. Shortly before three in the morning in Riyadh, the first bell rang, and Ngannou looked to land the left hook, which he knew was Joshua’s Kryptonite, right away. However, Joshua’s first punch—a flush on the chin with his right hand—dropped Ngnanou.
Ngannou overcame the count and survived the last 30 seconds of the first round, but Joshua’s backhand at the beginning of the second forced Ngannou to hold on. And with fifty seconds left, the British player struck it once more as Ngannou struck the ground. Once more, he stood up, but he was quickly knocked down once more, and the referee dismissed the fight this Read more…